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  • A walk in the sun but not much to see

    - 04 Feb 2019 - 6 comments
    After my morning trip to see mother I had lunch then decided to take advantage of a lovely day and wander off. I only planned a couple of miles or so down to the lttle wilderness valley There was very little of interest after this evergreen welcomed me to

  • Enough of this nonsense

    - 13 Feb 2019 - 8 comments
    From Friday aftertoon the latest storm hit.IA bad time as two high spring tides were also due, with 70mph + winds and very heavy rain we had flooding in the lower parts of the island and the seal cam was wrecked. With Saturday's trip to town a no go I

  • A stroll in the sun

    - 15 Feb 2019 - 5 comments
    I set off in suuny weather for my first proper walk for a long time i walked along the beach to Thorny Nook and with no flood warnings I carried on,halfway down I turned a bend and was confronted by flood water.Now I had the choice of retracing my steps

  • The morning after

    - 16 Feb 2019 - 5 comments
    I awoke with a stiff back and sore hips .I put this down to about 3 miles of my walk yesterday being on asphalt or tarmac a very unforgiving surface for walking on On the plus side my lungs are in good shape and my blood pressure was normal on my return.

  • The first sign of life

    - 18 Feb 2019 - 7 comments
    I went out to feed the birds this morning and spotted the first sign og the garden awakening. A Dafodil in the middle of the unkept grass. The wet autumn and winter curtailed preperations for the season such as grass cutting,plant pruning etc so this

  • That's more like it

    - 25 Feb 2019 - 4 comments
    Today we had wall to wall sunshine for most of the day and it was a balmy 14c very warm for these parts. I ditched the winter coat and hiking boots and sonned a lighter jack and walking trainers.It was like being released from constraints . it was a very

  • A good days work in the sun

    - 26 Feb 2019 - 5 comments
    Today dawned as bright and sunny as yesterday so after a leisurely breakfast I broke out the boots,back support and strimmer,took a deep breath and set too taming the front garden. I started at 9:45 and by the time I had strimmed both sides of the garden

  • All change again

    - 28 Feb 2019 - 4 comments
    After a spell of glorious weather it's all change again. Yesterday was nice if a little cooler so it was back to the garden. I raked the dead grass off the front intending to start on the back garden after lunch.My back decided otherwise and refused to